Kid got game, hands a foul ball to a hot chick sitting behind him-- smooth player

Lol, he gave her a decoy ball and kept the real game ball in his clove

Kid's got major league moves at a young age. I predict a bright future.

For whatever reason, this reminds me of a guy on my team who set an unbreakable team record. He had a minor injury, so I kept him out of running in our season-opening relay meet and just had him be one of our racewalkers. To save time the mile walk combined the men's and women's races, and our guy found himself walking next to a comely member of another school's women's squad. He managed to introduce himself to the young lady, chat her up, and get her number before the race ended.

We had several men on our team who were fast operators, but after this guy's performance his teammates acknowledged that the record was retired.

I'm fairly sure that that kid had gotten that ball from earlier in the game. It was a real foul ball, but not the one he had been thrown that instant (obviously).

Still a good move, though.

Ol' coach wrote:

Kid's got major league moves at a young age. I predict a bright future.

For whatever reason, this reminds me of a guy on my team who set an unbreakable team record. He had a minor injury, so I kept him out of running in our season-opening relay meet and just had him be one of our racewalkers. To save time the mile walk combined the men's and women's races, and our guy found himself walking next to a comely member of another school's women's squad. He managed to introduce himself to the young lady, chat her up, and get her number before the race ended.

We had several men on our team who were fast operators, but after this guy's performance his teammates acknowledged that the record was retired.

It was a racewalk, nothing happens quickly in those.

Ol' coach wrote:

Kid's got major league moves at a young age. I predict a bright future.

For whatever reason, this reminds me of a guy on my team who set an unbreakable team record. He had a minor injury, so I kept him out of running in our season-opening relay meet and just had him be one of our racewalkers. To save time the mile walk combined the men's and women's races, and our guy found himself walking next to a comely member of another school's women's squad. He managed to introduce himself to the young lady, chat her up, and get her number before the race ended.

We had several men on our team who were fast operators, but after this guy's performance his teammates acknowledged that the record was retired.

You lost me at racewalk.

That gesture is one of two things ONLY:

1) An innocent kid who was just being nice with no thoughts of Rico Suave going through his head (I suspect and hope this was it)

OR

2) A lame attempt from a way-too-young kid to impress a young woman of legal age. I've seen this before where a 12-year-old boy tries to be all smooth with women that are older than 18. It's a train wreck and cringe-worthy. What could a kid that age possibly be thinking could happen? Would be illegal for anything to come of it...maybe that's where the bravado comes from...a kid that age KNOWS it can't go further than him just pretending to be a man.

Anyway, we like to sexualize things too much in this country and do it too early for children, so I really hope this boy's issue was #1 above.

My son is about to turn 14, and if he already had a foul ball and was given a second one, he would give one of them away, and it wouldn't be him trying to be "smooth"...just him being nice.

HOT...NOT...just ok. Where do you all live?

SEX BATMAN wrote:

Flagpole wrote:

That gesture is one of two things ONLY:

1) An innocent kid who was just being nice with no thoughts of Rico Suave going through his head (I suspect and hope this was it)

I disconcur. He clearly gave it to the hottest one of the three.

Meh. They were all about the same level of hotness...I'd give them all 7s. Could be that she was vocal about wanting a foul ball, or maybe she was just chatty with everyone, so he noticed her. Again, I BELIEVE he was just being nice, but if he actually thought he was being smooth with the ladies, then that is lame to the nth degree. He didn't seem like he thought he was all that, so I think he was just being nice.

Flagpole:I rarely take anything that you say seriously, although you did wish me luck on a job interview and I really appreciated it. That said, I think this is a point worth taking up. I believe very strongly that there is nothing wrong with a young boy (c.12 years old, say) trying to impress an older girl (c. 18 years old, say) with a gesture or an act of kindness. I think boys that age often are in awe of slightly older girls and I think it is a natural stage of human development.I take issue, however, with your train of thought, because I do not believe for a moment that the majority of boys in these situations are thinking anything "could happen." I believe it's something we all tried as young boys as we became aware of girls--it's normal and natural and healthy. And, Flagpole, it's also entirely innocent. If you want to know who's responsible for "sexualizing" something like this, look in the mirror. You're doing it simply by raising the issues that you do about whether a boy imagines something could come of it. The boy more than likely isn't thinking anything of the kind...but YOU are. Shame on you.

Flagpole wrote:

2A lame attempt from a way-too-young kid to impress a young woman of legal age. I've seen this before where a 12-year-old boy tries to be all smooth with women that are older than 18. It's a train wreck and cringe-worthy. What could a kid that age possibly be thinking could happen? Would be illegal for anything to come of it...maybe that's where the bravado comes from...a kid that age KNOWS it can't go further than him just pretending to be a man.

Anyway, we like to sexualize things too much in this country and do it too early for children,

This just goes to show that women are not good at keeping track of balls.

Mind you the kid looks to be about 9 and the girls closer to 15 than "legal age".

I hope you guys didn't date based on your perception of the age of that bunch of kids.

Ol' coach wrote:

Kid's got major league moves at a young age. I predict a bright future.

For whatever reason, this reminds me of a guy on my team who set an unbreakable team record. He had a minor injury, so I kept him out of running in our season-opening relay meet and just had him be one of our racewalkers. To save time the mile walk combined the men's and women's races, and our guy found himself walking next to a comely member of another school's women's squad. He managed to introduce himself to the young lady, chat her up, and get her number before the race ended.

We had several men on our team who were fast operators, but after this guy's performance his teammates acknowledged that the record was retired.

Where the heck do you coach that racewalking is a normal part of organized team competition? I ran from middle school through college and never once competed in a meet that included racewalking.

1) Not ME who is sexualizing it. The headline of the story said he was being "smooth". No he wasn't he was being nice. AND, I clearly said I thought he was just being nice...it is the STORY that is insinuating something more.

2) I agree that the majority of boys that age don't think anything could happen with an older girl, but I've seen young boys try...ask for phone numbers, ask if she wants to go to a movie, etc. Like I said before, cringe-worthy.

3) NOT normal for 12 year old boys to actively try to impress an 18-year-old or older girl like that -- not with direct interaction like that (she looked older than 18...late college at least).

4) Methinks you and I have the same opinion on this...you are just misunderstanding my opinion/stance on this.

Earlier the third base coach threw a warm-up ball into the stands. Kid Cool and his glove snatched the ball. The girls bemoan the fact they have no balls. A ball actually used in the game comes to him and he gives his first ball to the gals behind him.

Next thing you know the Let's Run Braintrust perceives the youngster's next step will include mass rutting underneath the stands with multiple teenage partners, walking on to a D-1 program with his 16:30 5,000m time, not signing up for Obamacare and becoming the nations foremost denier of global warming.

Flagpole wrote:

2) I agree that the majority of boys that age don't think anything could happen with an older girl, but I've seen young boys try...ask for phone numbers, ask if she wants to go to a movie, etc. Like I said before, cringe-worthy.

3) NOT normal for 12 year old boys to actively try to impress an 18-year-old or older girl like that -- not with direct interaction like that (she looked older than 18...late college at least).

The entire point of childhood is to gain the skills that will be necessary for real life. Sure, it is cringeworthy to watch a kid flirt with an older girl. Lots of things that kids do are cringeworthy. Heck, it's usually cringeworthy to watch a young boy flirt with someone his own age.

But all other things equal, the kid who has the confidence to "actively try to impress an 18-year-old or older girl" is probably going to be better off in the long run than the kid who wouldn't dream of speaking to an attractive older girl. So what if it makes me cringe?

perceived value of used balls wrote:

Earlier the third base coach threw a warm-up ball into the stands. Kid Cool and his glove snatched the ball. The girls bemoan the fact they have no balls. A ball actually used in the game comes to him and he gives his first ball to the gals behind him.

This is correct. Has nothing to do with him being "smooth". He was just a nice kid being nice to the vocal girls who wanted a baseball. If a three-year-old boy had been right there, he would have given that ball to him.

The SHAME goes to the stupid headline of the story insinuating that that kid was trying to be "smooth".

cringe all you want wrote:

The entire point of childhood is to gain the skills that will be necessary for real life. Sure, it is cringeworthy to watch a kid flirt with an older girl. Lots of things that kids do are cringeworthy. Heck, it's usually cringeworthy to watch a young boy flirt with someone his own age.

But all other things equal, the kid who has the confidence to "actively try to impress an 18-year-old or older girl" is probably going to be better off in the long run than the kid who wouldn't dream of speaking to an attractive older girl. So what if it makes me cringe?

It is my experience that USUALLY a 12-year-old who tries to actively impress an 18-year-old or older girl is a boy who needs to learn a thing or two about what women REALLY want. I would say they are BEHIND the other boys his age, not ahead.

To be clear again, I think the boy in the stands here who gave the ball to the young lady was just being nice. Those girls made it clear that they wanted a ball, he got two over the course of the evening and he gave her the one he wanted the least. Good for him. He was being NICE. That's it.

Now, if he put both balls in his glove and held them out to her and said, "Please choose my lady", then he could be accused of trying to be smooth.

He didn't give it to his African-American friend, which means he is racist. He's a racist.

You're creating a false dichotomy between "smooth" and "nice."

cringe all you want wrote:

You're creating a false dichotomy between "smooth" and "nice."

Incorrect. Smooth implies this kid has an advanced way of dealing with the ladies, and it implies that it is done so for return affection. That is NOT what this kid was all about. Those girls made it known that they wanted a ball...perhaps that very girl...and he got his second one, so he gave the one he wanted the least to her...just to be nice...not to be "smooth".